In his first public comments on Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s decision to run for his seat, Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) suggested his potential primary rival was like a misbehaving child.

“I have four children, I love each one of them. I can’t tell [you] that one of them wasn’t occasionally disrespectful, so I gave them a spanking and everything was okay,” Lautenberg told the Philadelphia Inquirer.Aides and allies of Lautenberg have criticized Booker for launching a campaign without waiting for the senator to decide whether or not to run again. Polling finds Booker in a strong position in a Democratic primary.

A religious counselor in Brooklyn's ultra-orthodox Jewish community was sentenced Tuesday to 103 years in prison following his conviction in the abuse case of a girl who came to him with questions about her faith.

Nechemya Weberman was convicted in December of sustained abuse of a child and other charges. His trial put a spotlight on the insular Satmar Hasidic sect in Brooklyn and its strict rules governing clothing, social customs and interaction with the outside world.

House rich, cash poor? That pretty much sums up all of us living in New York and New Jersey, according to a report released a few days ago by the Labor Department.

Consumers in the region spent on average $23,154 a year, or almost 40 percent of their total budget, the department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.

That’s considerably more than consumers nationwide, who spent 34.1 percent of their budget on housing.

Segulah for Parnasah - Parshas Hamon
Reb Mendel M'Riminov said that saying Parshas Hamon (Shneyim Mikroh V'Echod Targum) on Tuesday Parshas B'Shalach is a Segulah for Parnasah. 
(Tuesday Parshas B'Shalach is tomorrow, Tuesday - January 22)
 
Click the link below for the complete text of Parshas Hamon:
http://www.tefillos.com/parshas_hamon.asp

The marching Jaguars from Jackson Township, Ocean County were among the marching bands from across the country performing in today's Presidential Inaugural Parade.

The high school students have been practicing four days a week to prepare for the event, and it showed. 
This was a once in a lifetime opportunity, to play for one of the most important people in the world. 

The Jaguars were selected from over 2800 schools that applied to march. The students have experience playing at high-profile events. They marched in the Inaugural Parade for President Bush back in 2005 and traveled to California earlier this month to perform at the Tournament of Roses Parade.

"The Jaguars left for Washington at 2:30 and in the cold weather played their hearts out for the president.

Assemblyman David Rible knows how to milk the pension system. The famous Assemblyman that still collects a disability pension after retitiring at age 31 for a back injury, yet runs marathon races,now feels he is calable of analyzing job growth in NJ. 

He announced this week that job Growth Numbers in NJ were Encouraging To Business. 

By Charlie Reese 

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?

Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?

You and I don't propose a federal budget. The President does.

An anonymous ad that was placed on a Jewish blog is confusing readers. Nobody is sure what the advertisement is referring to. It mentions tent city, and anti-Semitic juries. It asks that nobody speak to the media, and warns of chillul hashem while giving no explanation on how to prevent it other than by threatening advertisers on Jewish websites.

It says it is endorsed by gedolei Yisroel, yet has no signatures. If more information is needed there are phone numbers that can be called.

These attempts of silencing Jewish websites usually happen before a big revelation that certain people are afraid to have discussed publicly.